Apply with AirCard for Windows

Steps

1. 01

   Step 1: Download AirCard-Windows

   Open AirCard-Windows’ GitHub Releases page⁠(opens in a new tab) and download aircard.exe from the Assets of the latest release (currently v1.2.2). It’s a single program file — there’s nothing to install.

   TipAirCard-Windows is Lumid-Off⁠(opens in a new tab)’s open-source (MIT) Windows port of Mak5er’s AirCard⁠(opens in a new tab). Only download from the official repository — avoid modified builds from elsewhere.

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   Step 2: Install 64-bit iTunes

   AirCard talks to the iPhone through Apple’s drivers. On Apple’s iTunes page⁠(opens in a new tab), download iTunes for Windows (64-bit) and install it. You don’t need to open it afterwards.

   ImportantDon’t use iTunes from the Microsoft Store. In the project’s issues, several people found that the Store version, Apple Mobile Device Support on its own, or drivers installed by helpers such as 3uTools or i4Tools could leave flashing stuck — for most, switching to 64-bit iTunes from Apple’s website fixed it (the project README also lists Apple Mobile Device Support alone and a 3uTools driver repair, but some people in the issues were still stuck after those). If you already have the Store version, uninstall it first.

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   Step 3: First launch

   Double-click aircard.exe. It isn’t code-signed, so Windows may show “Windows protected your PC”: click More info, then Run anyway.

   TipIf it says VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing, install Microsoft’s Visual C++ Redistributable⁠(opens in a new tab) (X64), then open it again.

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   Step 4: Connect your iPhone

   Connect the iPhone with a USB cable and keep it unlocked. If it asks “Trust This Computer?”, tap Trust and enter your passcode. When AirCard shows your iPhone’s name with a green dot at the top right, you’re connected; if it says No device, click Refresh.

   TipSeeing “Apple Mobile Device Support was not found” means Apple’s drivers weren’t found: go back a step and install 64-bit iTunes from Apple’s website.

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   Step 5: Scan the card

   On the Wallet tab, click Scan. Then open Wallet on the iPhone (or double-click the side button to bring up Apple Pay) and tap the card you want to change. Once the Target Card Hash field fills in with a string of characters, click Stop.

   TipScanned cards are kept in the Saved cards list, so next time you can pick the same card there without scanning. To change several cards, scan and apply them one at a time.

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   Step 6: Choose the image

   Click Choose Image... and pick the PNG you downloaded from CardArt. The Wallet Preview on the right shows how it will look.

   TipImages from CardArt are exactly 1536×969, so nothing gets cropped. Other sizes are cropped from the center to this ratio, then resized.

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   Step 7: Apply

   Click Apply Card Skin and wait for the progress bar to finish. Keep the iPhone unlocked with the screen on, and don’t unplug the cable.

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   Step 8: See the result

   Force-close the Wallet app from the App Switcher, then open Wallet again to see your new card.

   Tipv1.2.2 can’t back up the original art. To go back, see Restore the original art.

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   Step 9: If applying gets stuck

   If progress stops at [1/3] and after a minute or two you see “AirTraffic sync timed out”: keep the iPhone unlocked with the screen on, open the Books app on the iPhone once, quit iTunes on the PC, then click Apply Card Skin again.

   TipStill stuck? The drivers are a common cause: uninstall the Microsoft Store version of iTunes and any Apple drivers installed by helpers like 3uTools or i4Tools, reinstall 64-bit iTunes from Apple’s website, restart the PC and reconnect the iPhone. See the project’s issue #8⁠(opens in a new tab).

10. Done

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